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Choke artists, they've fecked it big time. With their comparatively easy run-in, they should be nailed on for third, and that's not taking into account the huge cushion they had a few weeks ago.

People were saying they'd changed, they were mentally stronger, not flaky like they always were. Bollocks, the games at Etihad, Emirates, and to a lesser extent Stamford Bridge showed how easily they let opportunities to win go.

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Reminiscent of their north London neighbours eh? But i wonder how much of this is due to Harry Redknapp's link to manage England. And to think some people were talking up their title chances when they were just a few points away couple of months ago

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Bottling is the wrong word here. It's so overused nowadays it's lost meaning. We "bottled" it against City in the 6-1 loss, Arsenal "bottled" it losing to us at home, now Tottenham "bottled" it losing to a very good Swansea team. Please.

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Reminiscent of their north London neighbours eh? But i wonder how much of this is due to Harry Redknapp's link to manage England. And to think some people were talking up their title chances when they were just a few points away couple of months ago

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Bottling is the wrong word here. It's so overused nowadays it's lost meaning. We "bottled" it against City in the 6-1 loss, Arsenal "bottled" it losing to us at home, now Tottenham "bottled" it losing to a very good Swansea team. Please.

One, you mean Norwich, two, none of those examples are of teams bottling it. City have bottled the title race, and Arsenal usually do. A game when we were outplayed (and for half the game, outnumbered), and Arsenal traditionally struggling against us isn't teams bottling it. But I believe Spurs led Arsenal by 12 points in February. I'm sorry but that is abysmal. Arsenal win their GiH, and they'll have gained 17 points more than them in a few months. Through the whole season to be 17 points worse than them is bad, in such a short space of time is just, incredible.

But all this talk of 'Arry being England manager isn't distracting them. Nah, they're just getting on with it.

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Bottling is the wrong word here. It's so overused nowadays it's lost meaning. We "bottled" it against City in the 6-1 loss, Arsenal "bottled" it losing to us at home, now Tottenham "bottled" it losing to a very good Swansea team. Please.

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One, you mean Norwich, two, none of those examples are of teams bottling it. City have bottled the title race, and Arsenal usually do. A game when we were outplayed (and for half the game, outnumbered), and Arsenal traditionally struggling against us isn't teams bottling it. But I believe Spurs led Arsenal by 12 points in February. I'm sorry but that is abysmal. Arsenal win their GiH, and they'll have gained 17 points more than them in a few months. Through the whole season to be 17 points worse than them is bad, in such a short space of time is just, incredible.

But all this talk of 'Arry being England manager isn't distracting them. Nah, they're just getting on with it.

Nah, Tottenham and City have never been in such high positions, and they're suffering from fixture congestion, teams fighting relegation, and they're being chased by teams who have experience getting wins when it matters.

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It's ridiculous how they've played in the last month and a half. There's been no shape, no balance to their football. The players seem to have no faith in themselves except Gareth Bale who plays in complete isolation to the rest of the team so I'm guessing that isn't a problem for him. And apart from seemingly not being able to instill belief in his group of players harry also has made a mess of spurs from a tactical stand point in this time.as well. Weird formations with the wrong players in the wrong positions and just a complete lack of balance to the team.

It's sad because it would have been lovely to see one of the plastic clubs fall out of the top 4.

It's not just the results though. It's the performance and tactics as well. A team that usually plays with freedom and adventure seems labored and uneasy. Everytime I've seen them in this time theyve just looked unbalanced.

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Quite a bit frustrating tbh - this seemed like a real opportunity to test the FFPR in the case of Chelsea finishing outside of the top 4. This collapse has let them right back in, unless Newcastle can make a push for 4th place.

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Bottling is the wrong word here. It's so overused nowadays it's lost meaning. We "bottled" it against City in the 6-1 loss, Arsenal "bottled" it losing to us at home, now Tottenham "bottled" it losing to a very good Swansea team. Please.

I agree it's overused, for whatever reason it's become something of a buzzword on here any time a team loses a game or two. I don't think that's quite the case here though. They're under huge pressure to finish in the top four, having been in 3rd place for so long and that's a kind of pressure they've not had for a while. In 2009 when they qualified for the CL they were never expected to finish ahead of City, they were just hopeful. And they had the backing of the media and the neutrals all the way. Even in 2006 when they really ought to have finished in 4th it was still a bonus to finish there, it was always about their 'Champions League hopes' simply because they hadn't been in the competition in over 40 years. Now it's completely different, there was expectation throughout that they'd finish in the top 4 and it seems a logical conclusion that this expectation has been one of the triggers for their collapse, because it's clearly not down to a lack of quality.

Funny to think that little over two months ago they were genuinely being considered title challengers by many.

They should really look to see what sort of interest there is in the players, because if they can get massive sums of money for them, I see no reason why they should keep the two of them. Both are examples of players who are massively overrated because they sometimes put in top performances.

Modric will look like Xavi, Schweinsteiger or any of the other top central midfielders out there when things are going well, but as soon as Tottenham come up against a team who can match them with a half decent midfield, he's nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, he can no longer control the game like the world class player he's supposed to be. £35m for him would be one of the greatest deals Spurs have ever done.

We all know about Bale. Occasionally turns up with a great performance and he's the 'new Ronaldo' in the eyes of everyone. Again, anything over £30m would be brilliant business for Spurs.

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Anyway next season their leading scorer will be gone - they can't afford to keep Greedy around. And the likes of City, the Chavs and United will be circling around Modric and Bale. Maybe Van der Fart will be off too.

Thing is, I actually think they are good enough for the top 4. Look at their team. They were overachieving when it looked like they could compete for the title, but it's probably still the 3rd best in the league.

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I agree it's overused, for whatever reason it's become something of a buzzword on here any time a team loses a game or two. I don't think that's quite the case here though. They're under huge pressure to finish in the top four, having been in 3rd place for so long and that's a kind of pressure they've not had for a while. In 2009 when they qualified for the CL they were never expected to finish ahead of City, they were just hopeful. And they had the backing of the media and the neutrals all the way. Even in 2006 when they really ought to have finished in 4th it was still a bonus to finish there, it was always about their 'Champions League hopes' simply because they hadn't been in the competition in over 40 years. Now it's completely different, there was expectation throughout that they'd finish in the top 4 and it seems a logical conclusion that this expectation has been one of the triggers for their collapse, because it's clearly not down to a lack of quality.

Funny to think that little over two months ago they were genuinely being considered title challengers by many.